After a long ( and checkered) employment history, I've come to realize that most folks actually take a modicum of pride in their work and would like to do a good job.
As soon as a company is perceived as trying to take advantage of them however, attention shifts from performing the work to trying to circumvent the slights. All the creativity and energy, formerly applied to production, gets shifted to an attempt to regain what was previously the status quo.
From the company's standpoint, a short term gain ultimately becomes a long term drop in productivity.
Not a good thing.
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